Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140929
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 00:50
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 204 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 467 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57% Above average	Lighting 72.8 Reflection 71.9 Parallax 70.9 59% 71.8 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 57.1 53% 65.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 70 85 71 90 79 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.8% Above average	Read 215 Write 120 Mixed 170 SusWrite 78.7 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 33.5 123% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 75.2 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 96 73% 96.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 75%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 83GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 423 450 428 455 425 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 459 Mixed 338 SusWrite 442 94% 415 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 34.9 152% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 292 238% 336 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 439GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 64 63 65 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 166 Write 87.7 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 64.3 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 21.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	275x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	181x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	48x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	21x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16